Nigeria Federation Mapping Out Strategies Ahead Of World Cup Qualifiers
Published: June 06, 2016
Nigeria Football Federation President Amaju Pinnick says the Super Eagles will get all the support from his administration as they bid to qualify for the World Cup for the sixth time.The senior national team failed to qualify for the 2017 African Cup of Nations following their loss to Egypt in Alexandra back in March. ...
AE Larissa On Brink Of Deal For Highly-Rated Teenager David Nazim
Published: June 06, 2016
AE Larissa are on the verge of announcing the capture of highly-rated Nigerian defensive midfielder David Nazim.Gazzetta.gr is reporting that Nazim has arrived in the Thessaly region to formalize his switch to the newly promoted Greek Super League club. Nazim had been heavily linked with a possible move to another Supe...
Nigeria Coach Siasia Gave Players Hairdryer Treatment After Shock Loss To Denmark
Published: June 06, 2016
Dream Team VI coach Samson Siasia was unhappy with the performance of his charges against Denmark at the recently concluded Suwon Invitational Tournament in South Korea.Following the humiliating 6-2 loss to the Scandinavians, the retired Nigeria international gave the whole players the hairdryer treatment. “I hav...
CSKA Upset By Samuel Injury, Confirm He Is Out For At Least Six Months
Published: June 06, 2016
Director General of CSKA Moscow, Roman Babayev, has confirmed that Nigeria international Aaron Samuel will spend a minimum of six months on the sidelines, and admitted that they are upset by his injury as contract talks had been scheduled to take place with his agent.The striker underwent two operations at a German hos...
Fulham Young Star Tayo Edun Goes The Distance As England U18s Lose To South Korea
Published: June 06, 2016
 England Under-18s lost 3-0 to South Korea at the Suwon World Cup Stadium on Sunday in an international friendly.Fulham youngster with Nigerian roots, Tayo Edun, added to his international caps at youth level, playing 90 minutes of the tie against the Asians, having entered into the fray as a substitute against th...
Nigeria U23s Show Character In Win Over Honduras; Spurs Winger Oduwa Makes Cameo
Published: June 06, 2016
Nigeria U23s came back from an initial blip to defeat Honduras U23 3-1 in the 2016 Suwon Invitational Tournament on Monday. The Central Americans took the game to the African side at the 35,000-seater Bucheon Sports Complex, dominating exchanges in the opening minutes until they finally had their questions answered wit...
Half Time Report : Nigeria Trail Honduras 1-0; Oduwa, Daniel Benched
Published: June 06, 2016
The Nigeria U23s trail Central American team Honduras 1-0 at half time in the Suwon Invitational Tournament.As a result of the humiliating defeat to Denmark on Saturday, coach Samson Siasia made several changes to the starting XI, dropping his regular goalkeeper Emmanuel Daniel, Stanley Dimgba, Sincere Seth and Spurs w...
Finidi George Plays For Ajax Amsterdam In Legends Game Vs Real Madrid
Published: June 05, 2016
Retired Nigeria international Finidi George was in action on Sunday as Ajax Legends were beaten 3-1 by Real Madrid Legends in the Corazón Classic Match 2016.Finidi started the charity game held at the Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, wearing his favourite number seven jersey.The Dutch team took the lead in the ...
18-Year-Old Nwakali Preparing To Jet Out To London To Complete Arsenal Deal
Published: June 05, 2016
Nigeria U20 international Kelechi Nwakali celebrated his 18th birthday in absentia in Owerri on Sunday, June 5th.To mark the occasion, the central midfielder donated two sets of jerseys to ASJ Academy while his elder brother Chidiebere, who traveled all the way from Norway, gave out fourteen pairs of boots as gift to t...
Chukwueze, Okonkwo Turning Heads At Flying Eagles Training Ahead Rematch Against Burundi
Published: June 05, 2016
The Nigeria U20s have arrived in Calabar ahead of Saturday’s Africa U20 Cup of Nations qualifier against Burundi at the UJ Esuene Stadium. The defending champions are well placed to qualify for the third round after beating the Young Swallows 1-0 in Bujumbura two weeks ago, courtesy of Chukwudi Agor’s secon...
Obanor, Emiloju Backed To Shine For Nigeria U23s At Olympic Games
Published: June 05, 2016
Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries Football Club of Lagos has tipped the duo of Obanor Erhun and Julius Emiloju Oriyomi for success at the forthcoming 2016 Rio Olympics that will take place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.Haven given good accounts of themselves for MFM FC in the ongoing Nigeria Professional Football Le...
Arsenal Playing Hardball With NFF Over Release Of Alex Iwobi For Olympic Games
Published: June 05, 2016
The Nigeria Football Federation are holding high-level talks with the Arsenal brass over the release of Alex Iwobi for the 2016 Olympic Games.Prior to making his debut for the Super Eagles, the Hale End Academy product first trained with the Nigeria U23s and was poised to play for the team in an All-Africa Games qualif...
Three Players Of Nigerian Descent Tipped To Shine At Euro 2016
Published: June 05, 2016
Allnigeriasoccer.com profiles three players of Nigerian descent that will feature at the 2016 European Championship holding in France from 10 June to 10 July 2016. Ross Barkley Ross Barkley is not expected to be one of the regular starters for England at the forthcoming European championship (Euro 2016), but he will be...
Chelsea Hail Fikayo Tomori After Impressive Debut For England U19s
Published: June 05, 2016
English Premier League club Chelsea have congratulated their Young Player of the Year Fikayo Tomori following his impressive debut for England U19s in their 2-0 loss to Mexico on Saturday.Born on December 19, 1997 in Calgary, Tomori had caps for the U20 squad of Canada before he was convinced to defend the colours of E...
England Starlets Of Nigerian Descent Tomori,Onomah Pay Last Respects To GOAT
Published: June 05, 2016
Tributes continue to flood in from players of Nigerian descent in the wake of the death of boxing legend Muhammad Ali, who passed away on Friday evening after he was admitted to hospital with a respiratory condition.Josh Onomah and Fikayo Tomori are currently on duty with the England U19s squad in Mexico and both have ...